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[IIou^E,  No.  21.] 

HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES.— January  13,  1863.     Read 
first  and  second  times,  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 

[By  Mr.  Terklns.] 


eJOIISTT   RESOLXJTIOZSrS 

Expressing  opinion  of  Congress  in  relation  to  the  conduct  of  certain 
citizens  of  Louisiana  ^vitllin  the  lines,  and  iu  the  presence  of  the 
enemy. 

1  Resolved^  That  ^Yhile  Congress  views,  with  pride,  the  course 

2  pursued  by  the  true  men  and  ^Yomen  of  the  Confederacy,  who, 

3  falling  within  the  lines  of  the  enemy,  have  resisted  all  appeals 

4  to  their  pecuniary  interest  and  refused,  in  spite  of  pains  and 

5  penalties,  to  perjure  themselves  or  to  foresAvear  their  own  gov- 

6  ernment  by  taking  an  oath  of  allegiance  to  support  that  of  the 

7  United  States,  it  regards  with  peculiar  satisfaction  the  conduct 

8  of  those  citizens  of  Louisiana,  who,  by  refusing  the  oath  and 

9  openly  registering  themselves  enemies  to  the  United  States  in 
10  the  immediate  presence  and  in  defiance  of  General  Butler's  mil* 


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11  itarv  authoritie?,   have    b%'ne    most    noble   testimony   to    the 

12  martyr-like  courage  and  patriotic  spirit  and   Christian  faith  of 

13  onr  people. 

1  Resolved,  That  while  such  conduct  has  secured  them  the  pre- 

2  sent  respect  and  sympathy  of  all  good  people,  it  Avill  be  esteemed, 
.3  in  the  future,  a  most  honorable  claim  upon  the  gratitude  of  their 
4  country,  and  the  highest  evidence  of  their  devotion  to  truth  and 
.5  principle. 


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